Streblus heterophyllus (Blume) Corner

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SIMPLIFIED DESCRIPTION

A thin-twigged bushy plant bearing small 5-10mm long leaves that have large gaps in the edge growing into a tree with small oval slightly toothed leaves. Adult leaves 8-25mm long, sometimes “fiddle-shaped”, vein network easily visible underneath. Flowers small in short spike. Fruit red, 4-5mm wide.

FLOWER COLOURS

Red/Pink, White

Streblus heterophyllus • New Zealand Plant Conservation Network (nzpcn.org.nz)

Streblus heterophyllus is an erect shrub with small leaves. Juveniles have slender, interlaced branches with lobed leaves. The tiny flowers are borne on short erect spikes. Formerly known as Paratrophis microphylla.
An endemic species found in lowland forest throughout New Zealand.
 

Vegetative characteristics

Reproductive characteristics

Plant form: tree up to 12 m

Arrangement of parts: symmetric

Juvenile form: shrub with flexuous, interlacing branches

Flower size:  2-3 mm diam.

Leaf form: undivided, elliptic; juvenle broad-oval, lobed

 

Leaf size: 1-4 cm

Tepals (sepals indistinguishable from petals): 4, green

Leaf arrangement: singly along stem

Sexuality: unisexual on different plants

Leaf attachment: stipule

Stamens: 4

Leaf margin: toothed; juv toothed or lobed

Ovary: above petals

Leaf surface: hairs

Fruit: fleshy

Streblus heterophyllus - The University of Auckland

 

Streblus heterophyllus - The University of Auckland

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